news The threat of Aquatic Invasive Species Page 1 & 6
BUSINESS Garbage & recycle pick up available for Area H Page 3
Community
Bowling for Boobies is a great success Page 11
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The Similkameen
Volume 64 Issue 17
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Community members clean up
A small, yet energetic group of residents participated in the Community Clean Up event in celebration of Earth Day. Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
Paul Gabriel, Judy Short, Jeannie Walker, Charlotte Sellers, Ally Myers and Councillor Doug Pateman joined organizer Johanna Nott for the Community Clean Up held this past Sunday. The group donned vests and gloves, armed themselves with garbage bags and set out to clean up various areas of Princeton. Kelley Cook and Vic Sagorski joined in the event, but concentrated their efforts on cleaning up water bodies in the area. “It was an awesome job for just that many people,” said Nott, “I really appreciate all those who came out.” At the end of the four hour event, the Town of Princeton truck was filled with garbage, cardboard and all sorts of debris the group had collected. Beside the truck were numerous propane tanks, an old stove and other metal paraphernalia. Participants were treated to lunch at Two Rivers Park compliments of The Vermilion Trail Society (VTS) and Cooper’s Foods. VTS vice president, Ernie (Sam) Rice and director George Coey hosted the lunch on behalf of the society. Nott also offers her thanks and appreciation to; Mayor Frank Armitage, Jenny Pateman, Jackie from Auto Tac Graphics, Rob at Cooper’s
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The entrance to the Princeton Airport has a new addition. With the help of a handful of dedicated volunteers, the RCAF 420 was raised Monday, The jet will serve as a welcome to all visitors to the airport and to those driving into town via Hwy 5A.
At risk for a small, yet serious threat Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
Three presentations were made during the Community Forest meeting held at the Riverside Centre on Saturday, April 13. Numerous individuals representing the communities of Area H attended the afternoon session. RDOS Area H director Brad Hope chaired the meeting and introduced guest speakers, Rob Smylie, Rob Marshall, Timberlands division of Weyerhaeuser and Heather Larratt of Larratt Aquatic Consulting. Smylie presented the pet oxygen mask kits from Wag’N O2 Fur Life®, that he had introduced in the community of Princeton two weeks earlier. It was unanimously agreed by the group that each of the communities would like to have access
to the life saving masks for pets. Smylie assured them that he would continue his fundraising efforts in order to supply all the interested areas with the $170 kits. Hope and Marshall explained the Community Forest, an equal partnership between the RDOS, Upper Similkameen Indian Band and the Town of Princeton. The Vermilion Forks Community Forest Corporation (VFCFC) has an industry partner - Weyerhaeuser, which manages the timber operations of approximately 11,000 hectares of forest lands surrounding Princeton. The product harvested and sold by the corporation results in funding for the partners to distribute back into their communities.
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